What if?

February 2, 2009

It’s my favorite question. It’s a damn fine question, too. Those two words are the seed of  novels, of innovation, of art. Of risk. They’re raw material, and bravery. The stuff of making a plan or making a run for it. About  a year ago, my sister and best friend talked me into starting this […]

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The Field

January 27, 2009

For so long, I’ve dragged my old stories behind me, like a horse pulling a plow. I needed to try to sort it all out, to know the shape of these things that happened. Writing here has helped with that. But sometimes, it feels endless, and for what? To let the blade of the past […]

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Stones

January 23, 2009

In my dream, I’m running. In my dream, I like to run. In my dream, my chest doesn’t burn and my legs don’t ache. I can take deep full breaths and long strides. My feet are sure as they land, and quick, too. It must be late fall, because the forest floor is thick with […]

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Spinning

January 18, 2009

A very long time ago, my dad taught me how to throw a spiral football pass. Not a bad thing for a person to know, and not a bad skill for a girl to have in her back pocket, something to pull out when she needs to up her cool chick factor by a few […]

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The one where they hike. And hike.

January 14, 2009

So I told you last week that I was going to start hiking with a friend a couple of days a week? Well, I did. We did. Twice now. If you hiked Wind Cave Trail last Thursday or today, maybe you saw us (my friend T and me) on the trail. We were the two […]

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Comfort

January 10, 2009

I took the afghan from the laundry basket where it had waited two days for me to fold it in fourths and put it back on my daughter’s bed. It never feels right in my hands, though – and if it’s possible to have a complicated history with a thing, I do with this afghan. […]

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Happy trails

January 7, 2009

Confession time. We’ve lived in Arizona for almost four and a half years, and I haven’t gone hiking here. There are sound excuses reasons for that – hiking alone isn’t recommended, so I don’t. We have things here like rattlesnakes and mountain lions that could make the experience pretty exciting, and there’s always the chance […]

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Envelope

December 29, 2008

In the middle of a hearty and discouraging stack of bills, a handwritten envelope stood out. It took me half a beat to process the provenance of the script, but when I realized that it belonged to my friend (and former landlady) in Connecticut, I dissolved into tears (a thing I’m letting you see me […]

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Do you see what I see?

December 24, 2008

Look what bloomed just in time for Christmas… Wishing you all safe travels and good times with your family and friends. Happy Holidays!* ** *even if it does sound generic. 🙂 ** from me, and Coldplay.

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Light

December 11, 2008

Watching the moon at midnight, solitary, mid-sky, I knew myself completely, no part left out. -Izumi Shikubu I just came back inside – my cheeks are still cold – from my new favorite spot for ending a day. Last night and tonight, I’ve perched myself on two chairs – sitting in one, my feet propped […]

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